Should soft drinks have health warnings?

A coroner in New Zealand thinks so. Then again, that’s because he did an autopsy on a woman who drank the amazing total of 2 gallons of Coca-Cola each day! As the AP reported,

“Coroner David Crerar issued a final report Tuesday into the death of 31-year-old Natasha Harris, concluding that the mother of eight died from a heart attack. He said the large amount of Coca-Cola she drank likely led to metabolic imbalances that gave rise to her heart problems, adding that Coke was likely a ‘substantial factor’ in her death.

“But New Zealand Food & Grocery Council Chief Executive Katherine Rich said ‘there isn’t a labeling regime in the world’ that could have prevented the death of somebody who chose to drink Coke in such large quantities.”

Whaddya think?

— Would warning labels help save lives, or is this more Nanny State meddling?

— Should society try to stop people from destructive behavior, or are we better off without them?